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May 17, 2005
Anyone going to the USA v England B Team game in Chicago?: My wife and I will be there with 20 of the English/Scotch/Irish guys I used to coach in Houston. I think we're sitting in section 354 so if you see a big guy with a goatee and a small dark-haired beauty...that's us (that's me w/the goatee...) We'll be wearing the US 1950 World Cup commemorative shirts....and no, we're not one of those couples who dress alike...you know the ones...
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY to soccer at 11:47 AM - 15 comments
We better Qualify for 06,not making the Greek tourney pissed me off.Sams army is comming for ya'll!!
posted by HOE.O.K. at 01:24 PM on May 17, 2005
Not for 90 bucks a ticket...
posted by StarFucker at 02:38 PM on May 17, 2005
I'll be watching on TV, you should hold up a SportsFilter sign.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:02 PM on May 17, 2005
$90 What the Fuck,its just a friendly tune up!
posted by HOE.O.K. at 03:15 PM on May 17, 2005
Welcome to the City of big shoulders,and deep wallets. You should try to take your family to a good ole fashion baseball game! There is a reason only single, drunk guys run out on the field.
posted by volfire at 03:42 PM on May 17, 2005
I can't wait to get to Chicago again. I've only been once...the same Memorial Day weekend in '77. Back then I stayed at the Playboy Hotel...them was the good ol' days...today is the better new day! We paid just under $60.00 for our tickets, SF, including all the bend-over-surcharges. Hey, it's still expensive, no doubt. But you know...Beckham's due for a new hair-do so England will need to start a fundraiser if enough tickets aren't sold.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 03:51 PM on May 17, 2005
You know, i just checked the lineup. Its not exactly England's B team at all... http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Players/ I might actually still go to this game. But i'm going to wait a few more days to see how many more players pull out because of "injury".
posted by StarFucker at 07:22 PM on May 17, 2005
There are a lot of the first XI missing though...no Terry, Carragher, Lampard, Gerrard, Rio, Rooney...arguably England's 6 best players. Is it even confirmed that Owen and Beckham will be here? I know Real Madrid were effectively knocked out of winning the league on Sunday but I haven't seen an official statement saying they would play against the U.S....Colombia maybe. Joe Cole will have just arrived back in England from the genius Chelsea-Korea trip 2 days before they leave for the States...who knows...being tired may drop his voice enough to sound like a grown man. Personally, I have no desire to see Johnson...either of them, Crouch, Hargreaves, Richardson, Knight or any of those crap 'keepers. But...what the hell...we're going to have great time...and see the U.S team, of course..and it will fun to pound a few with the guys.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 09:02 PM on May 17, 2005
And my point there, Star, is come on by and say hello if you come to the game! We'll be in the first 4 rows of that section and probably The Globe Pub the night before and possibly the morning of the game to watch Celtic win the Scottish Cup.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 09:05 PM on May 17, 2005
Semi-OT, but sorta related: Am I allowed to be a little amused that the MLS All-Star Game this year is essentially a pre-season friendly for Fulham?
posted by etagloh at 07:57 AM on May 18, 2005
Mcbride is on Fulham.Ihope the all-stars wip Fulham.
posted by HOE.O.K. at 03:48 PM on May 18, 2005
Nah, it'll be Eddie Johnson's EPL tryout.
posted by trox at 04:20 PM on May 18, 2005
etagloh, since they're facing a squad that never plays together (except that some are on the American squad), why should it being a preseason match be so amusing?
posted by billsaysthis at 06:29 PM on May 18, 2005
Brace yourselves guys, I have bad news. Gary Neville has just pulled out, surely grounds for a refund?
posted by Pete at 02:44 PM on May 21, 2005
Lets Go U.S.A.